Janus shaped helmet mask · Nigeria, Cross River, Igbo / Izzi / Ejagham · ID: 3048024
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Wolfgang Hahn, Cologne, GermanyHenricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany (before 1983)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 79
Size
H: 61 cm
H: 24.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments, insect caused damage, missing parts, rest., base
This mask captivates by its size, the elaborately designed superstructure and the interplay of black and white coloured surfaces.
In addition to openwork elements in the shape of bows and discs, it is crowned on each side by figures: a male figure with a rifle and a female figure with a child, each with separately worked limbs.
Comparable helmet masks published in AHDRC 0156640 and 0095082.
Publications
Expo cat.: "Afrikanische Kunst", Düsseldorf: Galerie Simonis, n.d.AHDRC: 0094773